Hook or eye



B. H. MARCUS.

HOOK 0R EYE.

APPLICATION msu 11.23, 1919.

1,379,872, Patented 1111131, 1921.

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BENJAMIN H.' MARCUS, OF BROOKLYN, N EW YORK.

HOOK on EYE.

Application filed April 23,

' or other article where two ends need fastening together.

The invention is designed to provide a simple and efficient device with shank portions made to engage the inner portion of the hem and thus fasten the hook or eye to the article.

The object of the invention is to provide a device formed of a .single length of resilient wire with shanks suitable for insertion into the folded ends of a belt or garment and fastened by clenching the ends of the shanks. I

Another obj ect of the invention is to equip the hook or eye with long shanks or prongs so that when inserted into the pliable ends of the belt it will stiifen the material so that a firm grip or` hold can be had on the belt in hooking or unhooking the same.

The novel features are more fully described in the following specification and ing drawing in which Figure l shows a perspective view showing the hook and eye applied to a belt.

Fig. 2 is an inner view of the'belt on a larger scale showing the hook and eye before and after mounting.

Fig. 3'is a perspective view showing the hook inserted in the fabric, before the hem' is sewn.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the eye.

Fig. 5 is a view like Fig. 3 showing the hem sewn.

Fig. 6 is a View like Fig.` .4 showing th hem sewn.

In the drawing is shown a belt 8 having doubled. ends 9 each end being sewn at. 10 to form a hem. A hook 1l includes a pair Vof parallel shank members 12 provided with pointed terminals 13 for insertion into the hem. The hook is secured to the hem by bending the terminals outwardly as indicated in Fig. 2.

The hook is formed by looping a length :Specification of Letters Patent.

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of resilient wire as indicated in Fig. 2, then contracting the looped end, and bending kthe contracted portions to set over and'parallel with the shanks. A channel lt'is 'located 1n the narrow portion of the hook.

lVhen it is desired to fasten the hook to the belt the end of the fabric is turned over as indicated in Fig. 3, and a furrow or depression 15 is formed in the turned flap of the fabric. The pointed ends of the shanks are then forced through the apex of the fold and the side walls of the furrow7 until they project into the fold. The terminals can then be bent to diverge from the shanks thus preventing the hook from being pulled out.

The end of the Hap is then sewn as shown wire bent to form a U and it is secured in the hem or pocket in substantially the same way described above relative-to the hook. The hook or eye can be secured'to anystrip of material with a hemmed end and the strips can be sewn lto any garment. When the hook is engaged by the eye the channels in the hook prevent accidental withdrawal claims and illustrated in the accompanyof the eye.' By having the depressions in the fabric the Shanks are forced into the doubled and depressed portions of the fabric in a substantially rectilinear line.

a depression7 of a hook or eye member having shank portions insertedy into the'.hem

through the walls of the .depression7 and means for fastening the ends of the shanks y' in the hem.

2.`In a deviceofthe kind described the combination -with a hemmed. article having 4 a depression, of Va hook or eye member having shankportionsinserted into the apex ofthe hem through the walls of the depression, and means for fastening the shanksin the hem.

. 3.111 a device of the kind described the combination with a hemmed article having' a depression in the turned flap of the-hem, of a hook or eye member having'a pair of parallel shanksfor insertion into the end of the hem through the side walls of the depression, said Shanks being` bent at the ends to engage the inner portions of the hem.

4. ln a device oi the kind described the combination with a lieinmed article having,` a. depression in the turned flap of the hein,

lof a hook or eye member having a pair of parallel Shanks with pointed ends for in- Sertion into the end of the hem through the Side walls of the depression, said Shanks beingo` bent outwardly at the ends to engage the inner portion of the hem.

5. ln a device of the kind described the combination with a hemrned article, of a hook member having` a pair of parallel Shanks for insertion into the end of the hem, said Shanks being bent outwardly at the ends to engage the inner portion of the hem, Said hook having,` members with channels to coact with the outer side of the material.

Signed at New York inthe county of New York and State oit' New York this 21st day of April A. D. 1919.

BENJAMIN H. MARCUS. 

